Bitcoin Layer 2: Sidechains
Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Layer 2: Sidechains The original concept of a Bitcoin sidechain was proposed by Adam Back, Matt Corallo, Luke Dashjr, Mark Friedenbach, Gregory Maxwell, Andrew Miller, Andrew Poelstra,…
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Bitcoin L2 and Sidechain Networks Surge to $1.31 Billion in Locked Value
This year, Bitcoin layer two (L2) solutions and sidechains have gained incredible traction, with the top ten Bitcoin-based sidechains or L2 protocols now controlling a combined $1.31 billion in total…
Assessing the Lightning Network’s Last-Mile Solutions
Custodial Lightning has clearly achieved product market fit. Users benefit from instant Bitcoin payments and minimal fees, while custodians manage the complexities of channel and liquidity management. Major platforms like…
Anduro: A Network of Sidechains
Marathon yesterday announced their Anduro layer two proposal. While there aren’t really any fundamentally new pieces or developments in the Anduro design, they do compose in slightly different ways compared…
Bitcoin Beyond BIP-300: What Future Holds For ‘DeFi On BTC’
Does Bitcoin need any sidechains for its future? The DeFi community nowadays is split between “yes” and “no” as an answer to this question after the resurgence of a six-year-old…
Spiderchains: A Proof Of Stake Second Layer
This is an extension to my previous article series discussing the different sidechain proposals that exist. Those articles can be found here: Spacechains, Spacechain Use Cases, Softchains, Drivechains, Federated Chains,…
Drivechains Are Stupid, Prove Me Wrong
Shinobi’s Strawman is a weekly series where our Technical Editor Shinobi challenges the Bitcoin community, aiming to stir up conversation around heated technical debates. ______________________________________________________________ We are going to try…
How Drivechains Introduce New Incentive Dynamics to Bitcoin
Despite a nice few months this summer after Burak, infamous slayer of the Lightning Network, dropped his proposal for the new second layer protocol Ark where people had a lot…
Why Drivechain Is Our Best Chance To Secure Bitcoin Into The Future
Faced with the threat of ossification, Bitcoin Core should adopt BIPs 300 and 301, integrating Drivechain’s solutions for ongoing security. This is an opinion editorial by Samuel Greenberg, who believes…
Layer 2 Labs Raises $3M At Launch To Supercharge Bitcoin’s Ecosystem
The firm, led by BIP 300 and BIP 301 author Paul Sztorc, is on a mission to bring privacy, scalability and better UX solutions to Bitcoin. Layer 2 Labs is…